Signal-lantern



(No Model.)

A. H. HANDLAN, Jr.

SIGNAL LANTERN.

No. 324,995. Patented'Aug. 25, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SIGNAL-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,995,6at6d August 25, 1885 Application filed December 9, 1884.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. HAND- LAN, Jr., of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Signal Lanterns or Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a face view of my improved lantern or lamp. Fig. 2 is aside view, part broken away and part in section. Fig. 3 is a sec tion on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5, are face views showing modifications.

My invention relates to an improvement on those lanterns or lamps which are provided with pivoted signal-glass frames.

My improvement consists, first, in a single rotating plate having two or more signalglasses and turning on a central pivot located between the signal-glasses.

My improvement consists, further, in providing said plate with a spring having a pin, which penetrates the plate and body of the lantern to hold the plate to its adjusted position.

A represents the body of a lantern or lamp having an opening provided, preferably, with a clear glass, 0. I is a plate connected by a central pivot, J, to said body, and having two signal-glasses, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, three signalglasses, as shown in Fig. 4, or four sig- (No model.)

rial-glasses, as shown in Fig. 5. These glasses are brought before the body-opening, as desired, by merely turning the plate on its pivot in each case.

To hold the desired signal in place I pro vide a spring, L, secured to the front of the plate, andhavi nga pin, N, which passes through a hole in the plate and enters holes 0 in the body.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a lantern or lamp body having a suitable opening in the side thereof, of a single plate having signal-glasses and a central pivot located between said signal-gl asses, and by which said plate is secured to said body, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a lantern or lamp body having a suitable opening and pin-holes O, a single plate, I, having signal-glasses D, and spring L, formed with a pin engaging said pin-holes, and a central pivot, J, by which said plate is secured to said body, and on which said plate is rotated to bring said signal glasses in front of said opening as required, substantiall y as set forth.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR.

In presence of Gno. H. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT. 

